Growth rates of grass species with contrasting photosynthetic pathways and life histories
type: Dataset
citation: Wade, R.N., Seed, P., McLaren, E., Wood, E., Christin, P.A., Thompson, K., Rees, M., Osborne, C.P. (2020). Growth rates of grass species with contrasting photosynthetic pathways and life histories. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/cb0d7a37-45c5-4645-b5ef-ba097d92fc20
description: This dataset contains sequential biomass harvests from a plant growth experiment carried out under controlled environmental conditions in Sheffield. The experiment was carried out in three parts in 2016 and 2017, and was designed to investigate differences in growth among grasses with the C3 and C4 photosynthetic pathways, and with annual and perennial life histories. Plants were harvested approximately weekly over a period of five weeks. The data include information on the dry biomass of roots and leaves, and the numbers of roots, leaves and shoot branches. Also included is an independent dataset of leaf anatomical characteristics derived from herbarium specimens, which was used to test how mechanical support scales with leaf size. Finally, the data include the phylogenetic relationships among species, which were used in analyses. The work was funded by NERC standard grant NE/N003152/1.
is accessible for free: true
date published: 2020-08-04
keywords: growth analysis
keywords: leaf anatomical characteristics
keywords: leaf area
keywords: phylogenetic analysis
keywords: plant biomass
keywords: plant growth
keywords: Poaceae
keywords: grass
keywords: leaf
keywords: photosynthesis
keywords: biomass
creator: Wade, R.N.
creator: Seed, P.
creator: McLaren, E.
creator: Wood, E.
creator: Christin, P.A.
creator: Thompson, K.
creator: Rees, M.
creator: Osborne, C.P.
temporal coverage: 2016-06-18/2017-07-26
funding: fund0
license: Open Government Licence v3
distribution: distribution0
publisher: NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
provider: NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
included in data catalog: Environmental Information Data Centre

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Environmental Information Data Centre
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Open Government Licence v3
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Wade, R.N.
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family name: Wade
given name: R.N.
affiliation: University of Sheffield

Seed, P.
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family name: Seed
given name: P.
affiliation: University of Sheffield

McLaren, E.
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family name: McLaren
given name: E.
affiliation: University of Sheffield

Wood, E.
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family name: Wood
given name: E.
affiliation: University of Sheffield

Christin, P.A.
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family name: Christin
given name: P.A.
affiliation: University of Sheffield

Thompson, K.
type: Person
family name: Thompson
given name: K.
affiliation: University of Sheffield

Rees, M.
type: Person
family name: Rees
given name: M.
affiliation: University of Sheffield

Osborne, C.P.
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family name: Osborne
given name: Colin P.
affiliation: University of Sheffield

Natural Environment Research Council
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University of Sheffield
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